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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+inherit flag-o-matic toolchain-funcs pax-utils
+
+DESCRIPTION="fast password cracker"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.openwall.com/john/"
+
+MY_PN="JohnTheRipper"
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]] ; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/magnumripper/${MY_PN}.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+	KEYWORDS=""
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/magnumripper/${MY_PN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS=""
+IUSE="commoncrypto -cuda custom-cflags kerberos -minimal mpi opencl openmp +openssl pcap rexgen"
+REQUIRED_USE="!minimal ^^ ( openssl commoncrypto ) !commoncrypto !cuda !rexgen"
+
+DEPEND="openssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1:0 )
+	mpi? ( virtual/mpi )
+	opencl? ( virtual/opencl )
+	kerberos? ( virtual/krb5 )
+	pcap? ( net-libs/libpcap )
+	dev-libs/gmp:*
+	sys-libs/zlib
+	app-arch/bzip2"
+
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	if use openmp && [[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]]; then
+		tc-has-openmp || die "Please switch to an openmp compatible compiler"
+	fi
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	cd src
+
+	use custom-cflags || strip-flags
+	append-cppflags -DJOHN_SYSTEMWIDE_HOME="'\"${EPREFIX}/etc/john\"'"
+
+	econf \
+		--disable-native-march \
+		--disable-native-tests \
+		--with-systemwide \
+		$(use_enable mpi) \
+		$(use_enable opencl) \
+		$(use_enable openmp) \
+		$(use_enable pcap) \
+		$(use_enable rexgen) \
+		$(use_with commoncrypto) \
+		$(use_with openssl)
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	emake -C src
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	pax-mark -mr run/john
+	make -C src check
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	# executables
+	dosbin run/john
+	newsbin run/mailer john-mailer
+
+	pax-mark -mr "${ED}usr/sbin/john"
+
+	# grep '$(LN)' Makefile.in | head -n-3 | tail -n+2 | cut -d' ' -f3 | cut -d/ -f3
+	for s in \
+		unshadow unafs undrop unique ssh2john putty2john pfx2john keepass2john keyring2john \
+		zip2john gpg2john rar2john racf2john keychain2john kwallet2john pwsafe2john dmg2john \
+		hccap2john base64conv truecrypt_volume2john keystore2john
+	do
+		dosym john /usr/sbin/$s
+	done
+
+	insinto /usr/share/john
+	doins run/*.py
+
+	if use opencl; then
+		insinto /usr/share/john/kernels
+		doins run/kernels/*
+	fi
+
+	# config files
+	insinto /etc/john
+	doins run/*.chr run/password.lst
+	doins run/*.conf
+
+	# documentation
+	dodoc doc/*
+}